Post-anchor.



P. T. BAILEY.

I POST ANCHOR.

APPLIGATION TILED JAN.18.1912.

1,077,028. Patented 0011.28, 1913.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. 28, 1913.

Application filed January 18, 1912. Serial No. 671,862.

citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newport, in the county of Newport and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and Improved Post-Anchor, of which the following is a full,'clear, and eXact description.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved anchoring base for post-s'which may be readily placed in position on posts, the parts being so formed as to require a minimum amount of work in assembling and properly positioning the posts and anchors in the ground.

A further object of the invention is the arrangementof an anchoring base formed with substantially corrugated members bolted or riveted together for clamping a post, and having secured thereto or struck up therefrom anchoring sockets designed to receive anchoring arms for preventing accidental moving or wabbling of the post or base. N

In carrying out the objects of the invention, a pair of longitudinally corrugated members are provided, formed substantially as duplicates, designed to receive in the grooves or corrugated part a post which is rigidly clamped therein by suitable clamping bolts or rivets. Arranged on each of the parts of the base is a diagonally positioned socket member for accommodating a diagonally positioned anchoring arm designed to be driven through the socket into the ground.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a side view of an embodiment of the invention applied; Fig. 2 is an edge view of the structure shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section through Fig. l on the line 33, the clamping bolts being omitted; and F ig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing a slightly modified form of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, 1 indicates a post of any desired kind which is designed to extend downward into the body portion 2 of the anchor. The body portion 2 is formed of a pair of corrugated members 3 and 4 formed substantially of the same construction or as duplicates. The parts 3 and 4 are formed with a central groove or corrugation 5, and with flanges or fins 6 and 7. A plurality of clamping bolts 8 are provided on each side of the central corrugation, which extends through the flanges 6 and 7 of both of the parts 3 and 4 for clamping the same tightly against the post 1. Rigidly secured to each of the parts 3 and 4 is an anchor socket 9 secured in place by rivets 10 and 11. These anchor sockets are placed on the flanges 7 and are so formed that the opening provided between the same and the flange is in a diagonal direction so that when the anchoring arms 12 are forced through the respective sockets they will be extending in a diagonal direction from the post 1. Each of the arms 12 is designed to press against the socket member 9 and against the corrugations 5, as well as the flange 7, so as to resiliently and frictionally hold the arms in position. the arms being allowed to yield. longitudinally.

Preferably the arms 12 are formed of angular material and-the socket members 9 are made of a corresponding shape. In arranging the socket members 9, the same are preferably positioned near the center of the base so that after the base and post have been placed in position, the arms 12 are then in serted into the sockets 9 and driven down into the earth. By forming the sockets 9 as described, and arranging the same on the fin 7, the opposite parts 3 and 4 will have socket members inclined in directions for guiding the anchoring arms 12 in a downward direction, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. In forming the sockets 9, the same are preferably constructed as shown, but it will be evident that the same may be secured in other ways to the base, or under some circumstances may be struck up from the base.

In operation the parts 3 and 4 of the base are placed in contact with the lower part of the post 1 and then the bolts 8 applied and operated until the parts 3 and 4 rigidly clamp the post 1 in position. The post is then placed in a hole or is driven into the ground for any desired distance and then the arms 12 are driven tli'rough the sockets into the ground for thoroughly bracing and anchoring the base.

In Fig. 4 will be seen a slightly modified form of the invention, in which the parts 3 and 4 are identical with the parts 3 and 4 of the preferred form. However, the anchoring sockets 9 are clamped to a position on the fin 7 of each of the parts 3 and 4: by rivets 13 which pass through the ends of the anchoring sockets 9 through the fins 7 and through fin 6, whereby the same rivets which hold the anchoring sockets in place, clamp the parts 3 and 4 tightly against the post 1.

If desired, bolts could be substituted for the rivets 13, although the use of rivets is preferred.

iHaving thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

5 1. An anchoring base for posts comprisin a body formed with independent identically constructed sections having longitudinally arranged corrugations, means for clamping said sections around a post in a reverse order, some of said means being arranged on each side of said post for causing a clal'nping or pinching action of the body against the post, anda socket member connected with each of said sections and set at such an angle to said corrugations as to pinch or clamp an anchoring arm at one point against said corrugations and at another point against the edge of said body.

2. An anchoring base for a post compris ing a body formed with longitudinally arranged corrugations adapted to fit around a post, a pair of encircling sockets arranged on said body at diderent angles coacting with said corrugatlons for pinching or clamping anchoring arms in position, and an anchoring arm pro ectmg through each of said sockets for frictionally engaging with said sockets on one side and said said post so as to co-act with said corruga-fl tions for resiliently pinching or clamping said anchoring arms in position.

4. An anchoring base for posts comprising a body portion formed with a centrally raised corrugation, means for clamping said body portion to a post so that the post will fit into the groove formed by said corrugation, a socket member arranged on each side of said body portion and an anchoring arm extending through each of said sockets and pressing against said corrugations for yieldingly clamping the arm in position, said corrugations pro ect-1ng slightly into the path of movement of said arm.

In testimony whereof I have signed my i name to this specification 1n the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PERCY TRIPP BAILEY.

Witnesses MARIE A. OCONNOR, lVM. Rises HARVEY.

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Washington, D. C. 

